The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intendedfor legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the dataContributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor anyof their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express orimplied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for aparticular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

By using OBIS data, I agree that, in any publication or presentationof any sort based wholly or in part on such data, I will:

1. Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databasesin the form appearing in the GLOBAL 'citation' attribute thereof (if any);and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility in one of the followingprescribed forms:

2. For information purposes, provide to fishbase@cgiar.orgthe full citation of any publication I make (printed or electronic)that cites OBIS or any constituent part.

3. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS:OBIS is comparable to a scientific journal that makes data freelyavailable on the internet. Thus the geographic and taxonomic scope,and quantity of data provided, depend on the scientists andorganizations that provide data. However, in contrast to data in ajournal, the 'reader' can select and combine data in OBIS from avariety of sources. OBIS and its users give feedback on data qualityand possible errors to data providers. Because data providers arewilling to correct errors, the quality of the data will increase intime. How OBIS provides quality assurance, who is primarilyresponsible for data published in OBIS (its owners), issues to beconsidered in using the data, and known gaps in the data, aredescribed below.

Quality assurance

Only data from authoritative scientists and science organizationsapproved by OBIS are served. All data are subject to quality controlprocedures before publication, and at regular intervals, with dataproviders informed of any discrepancies and potential errors (e.g.species names spelt incorrectly, mapping errors). OBIS also benefitsfrom user peer-review and feedback to identify technical, geographic,and taxonomic errors in data served. However, although errors willexist as they do in any publication, OBIS is confident that the dataare the best available in electronic form. That said, the user needssufficient knowledge to judge the appropriate use of the data, i.e.for what purpose it is fit.

Many of the data published through OBIS have voucher specimens ininstitutional collections and museums, images of observations, andthe original identifier of the specimens is often credited or willbe contactable from the data custodian.

Data ownership

Data providers retain ownership of the data provided. OBIS does notown or control or limit the use of any data or products accessiblethrough its website. Accordingly, it does not take responsibilityfor the quality of such data or products, or the use that people maymake of them.

Data use

Appropriate caution is necessary in the interpretation of resultsderived from OBIS. Users must recognize that the analysis andinterpretation of data require background knowledge and expertiseabout marine biodiversity (including ecosystems and taxonomy).Users should be aware of possible errors, including in the use ofspecies names, geo-referencing, data handling, and mapping. Theyshould cross-check their results for possible errors, and qualifytheir interpretation of any results accordingly.

Users should be aware that OBIS is a gateway to a system of databasesdistributed around the world. More information on OBIS data isavailable from the data sources websites and contact persons. Usersshould email any questions concerning OBIS data or tools (e.g. maps)to the appropriate contact person and copy this request tofishbase@cgiar.org .

Data gaps

Major gaps in data and knowledge about the oceans are reflected inOBIS' data coverage. Note the following:Most of the planet is more than 1 km under water: this deep sea isthe least surveyed part of our world.Coastal areas have been adequately sampled only for the distributionof most vertebrates (birds, mammals, reptiles, larger fish).The oceans have been better sampled in the northern than thesouthern hemisphere, as reflected in the distribution of data inOBIS.Most marine species have not yet been recognized or named. A majoreffort is required to describe marine species, especiallyinvertebrates and deep-sea organisms.Of the marine species that have been described, some have beendiscovered to be several species, and others combined into singlespecies. Thus, there are changes in the application of species namesover time. A checklist of all current marine species names is notavailable but it is estimated that 230,000 have been described.Only about half of these names have been organized into globalspecies checklists. OBIS includes distribution data on (a) many ofthese validated names and (b) additional names that remain to beorganized into global species checklists. Thus, OBIS has somedistribution data for about one third of the known marine species.Some species distribution data are not available in any form, asthey have not have been published nor made available for databases.Only some of the recently collected, and less of the older published,data have been entered into databases. Thus databases are incomplete.Of existing databases, many are not connected to OBIS.

You can help address these data gaps by (a) recognizing andencouraging scientists and organizations to make their data availableonline so they are accessible to OBIS, and (b) advocating for andcarrying out field surveys and taxonomic studies designed to fillgeographic and taxonomic gaps in knowledge.

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

Metadata_Conventions

String

COARDS, CF-1.4, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

Northernmost_Northing

double

90.0

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

sourceUrl

String

http://www.fishbase.ph/digirprov/www/DiGIR.php

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

Southernmost_Northing

double

-90.0

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

standard_name_vocabulary

String

CF-12

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

summary

String

FishBase is a global information system on fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. FishBase was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and many other partners, and with support from the European Commission (EC). Since 2001 FishBase is supported by a consortium of seven research institutions.

DiGIR is an engine which takes XML requests for data and returns a datasubset stored as XML data (as defined in a schema). For more DiGIRinformation, see http://digir.sourceforge.net/ ,http://diveintodigir.ecoforge.net/draft/digirdive.html ,and http://digir.net/prov/prov_manual.html .A list of Digir providers is athttp://bigdig.ecoforge.net/wiki/SchemaStatus .

Darwin is the original schema for use with the DiGIR engine.

The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) schema extendsDarwin. For more OBIS info, see http://www.iobis.org .See the OBIS schema at http://www.iobis.org/tech/provider/questions .

Queries: Although OBIS datasets have many variables, most variableshave few values. The only queries that are likely to succeed MUSTinclude a constraint for Genus= and MAY include constraints forSpecies=, longitude, latitude, and time.

Most OBIS datasets return a maximum of 1000 rows of data per request.The limitation is imposed by the OBIS administrators.

Available Genera (and number of records): (error)

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

title

String

OBIS - FishBase (Philippine Server)

attribute

NC_GLOBAL

Westernmost_Easting

double

-180.0

variable

longitude

double

attribute

longitude

_CoordinateAxisType

String

Lon

attribute

longitude

actual_range

double

-180.0, 180.0

attribute

longitude

axis

String

X

attribute

longitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

longitude

long_name

String

Longitude

attribute

longitude

standard_name

String

longitude

attribute

longitude

units

String

degrees_east

variable

latitude

double

attribute

latitude

_CoordinateAxisType

String

Lat

attribute

latitude

actual_range

double

-90.0, 90.0

attribute

latitude

axis

String

Y

attribute

latitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

latitude

long_name

String

Latitude

attribute

latitude

standard_name

String

latitude

attribute

latitude

units

String

degrees_north

variable

altitude

double

attribute

altitude

_CoordinateAxisType

String

Height

attribute

altitude

_CoordinateZisPositive

String

up

attribute

altitude

axis

String

Z

attribute

altitude

comment

String

Created from the darwin:MinimumDepth variable.

attribute

altitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

altitude

long_name

String

Altitude

attribute

altitude

positive

String

up

attribute

altitude

standard_name

String

altitude

attribute

altitude

units

String

m

variable

time

double

attribute

time

_CoordinateAxisType

String

Time

attribute

time

axis

String

T

attribute

time

comment

String

Created from the darwin:YearCollected-darwin:MonthCollected-darwin:DayCollected and darwin:TimeOfDay variables.

attribute

time

ioos_category

String

Time

attribute

time

long_name

String

Time

attribute

time

standard_name

String

time

attribute

time

time_origin

String

01-JAN-1970 00:00:00

attribute

time

units

String

seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

variable

ID

String

attribute

ID

comment

String

Created from the [darwin:InstitutionCode]:[darwin:CollectionCode]:[darwin:CatalogNumber] variables.

This access point provides a mechanism for performing searches using a bounding box. A Bounding Box element is not typically present in the database, but rather is derived from the Latitude and Longitude columns by the data provider

attribute

BoundingBox

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

CatalogNumber

String

attribute

CatalogNumber

comment

String

A unique alphanumeric value which identifies an individual record within the collection. It is recommended that this value provides a key by which the actual specimen can be identified. If the specimen has several items such as various types of preparation, this value should identify the individual component of the specimen

attribute

CatalogNumber

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

Citation

String

attribute

Citation

comment

String

Indicates how this record should be attributed if used

attribute

Citation

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

Class

String

attribute

Class

comment

String

The class name of the organism

attribute

Class

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

CollectionCode

String

attribute

CollectionCode

comment

String

A unique alphanumeric value which identifies the collection within the institution

attribute

CollectionCode

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

Collector

String

attribute

Collector

comment

String

The name(s) of the collector(s) responsible for collection the specimen or taking the observation

attribute

Collector

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

CollectorNumber

String

attribute

CollectorNumber

comment

String

An identifying 'number' (really a string) applied to specimens (in some disciplines) at the time of collection. Establishes a links different parts/preparations of a single specimen and between field notes and the specimen.

attribute

CollectorNumber

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

ContinentOcean

String

attribute

ContinentOcean

comment

String

The continent or ocean from which a specimen was collected.

attribute

ContinentOcean

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

CoordinatePrecision

double

attribute

CoordinatePrecision

comment

String

An estimate of how tightly the collecting locality was specified; expressed as a distance, in meters, that corresponds to a radius around the latitude-longitude coordinates. Use NULL where precision is unknown, cannot be estimated, or is not applicable.

attribute

CoordinatePrecision

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

CoordinatePrecision

units

String

m

variable

Country

String

attribute

Country

comment

String

The country or major political unit from which the specimen was collected. http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1/db_en.html , ISO 3166-1 values should be used. Full country names are currently in use. A future recommendation is to use ISO3166-1 two letter codes or the full name when searching

attribute

Country

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

County

String

attribute

County

comment

String

The county (or shire, or next political region smaller than State / Province) from which the specimen was collected

attribute

County

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

DateLastModified

double

attribute

DateLastModified

comment

String

ISO 8601 compliant stamp indicating the date and time in UTC(GMT) when the record was last modified. Example: the instant 'November 5, 1994, 8:15:30 am, US Eastern Standard Time' would be represented as '1994-11-05T13:15:30Z' (see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime , W3C Note on Date and Time Formats). (What to do when this date-time is unknown? Use Date-Time first 'published'?)

attribute

DateLastModified

ioos_category

String

Time

attribute

DateLastModified

long_name

String

Time

attribute

DateLastModified

time_origin

String

01-JAN-1970 00:00:00

attribute

DateLastModified

units

String

seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

variable

DayCollected

byte

attribute

DayCollected

comment

String

The day of the month the specimen was collected from the field. Possible value ranges from 01..31 inclusive

attribute

DayCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

DayIdentified

byte

attribute

DayIdentified

comment

String

The day portion of the date when the Collection Item was identified; as two digits [01..31].

attribute

DayIdentified

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

DepthRange

String

attribute

DepthRange

comment

String

For data sets that have the depth range expressed in one field (e.g. '150-200 m') it can be entered here as free text. Separate, numeric Minimum and Maximum Depth fields are the preferred format; the Depth Range option is included for legacy data sets.

attribute

DepthRange

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

EndDayCollected

byte

attribute

EndDayCollected

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the end day of the collecting event. Possible value ranges from 01..31 inclusive

attribute

EndDayCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

EndJulianDay

short

attribute

EndJulianDay

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the end ordinal day of the year for the collecting event; i.e., the number of days since January 1 of the same year. (January 1 is Julian Day 1.). Should be an integer from one to 365, i.e. of the form (([0-3][0-9][0-9)|([0-9][0-9)|([1-9])).

attribute

EndJulianDay

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

EndLatitude

double

attribute

EndLatitude

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events better represented as line features rather than point features (e.g. extended trawls or transects) this indicates the starting latitude location from which the specimen was collected or in which the sample/observation/record event occurred. This value should be expressed in decimal degrees (East & North = +; West & South = -). GPS-derived data must use the WGS 84 geodetic reference system (http://www.wgs84.com/).

attribute

EndLatitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

EndLatitude

units

String

degrees_north

variable

EndLongitude

double

attribute

EndLongitude

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events better represented as line features rather than point features (e.g. extended trawls or transects) this indicates the starting longitude location from which the specimen was collected. Express in decimal degrees (East & North = +; West & South = -). GPS-derived data must use the WGS 84 geodetic reference system (http://www.wgs84.com/). [-180 to 180]

attribute

EndLongitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

EndLongitude

units

String

degrees_east

variable

EndMonthCollected

byte

attribute

EndMonthCollected

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the end month of the collecting event. Possible values range from 01...12 inclusive

attribute

EndMonthCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

EndTimeofDay

double

attribute

EndTimeofDay

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the end time of day of the collecting event expressed as decimal hours from midnight local time (e.g. 12.0 = mid day, 13.5 = 1:30pm)

attribute

EndTimeofDay

ioos_category

String

Time

attribute

EndTimeofDay

units

String

hours

variable

EndYearCollected

short

attribute

EndYearCollected

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the end year of the collecting event. The full year should be expressed (e.g. 1972 must be expressed as '1972' not '72'). Must always be a four digit integer

attribute

EndYearCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

Family

String

attribute

Family

comment

String

The family name of the organism

attribute

Family

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

FieldNumber

String

attribute

FieldNumber

comment

String

A 'number' (really a string) created at collection time to identify all material that resulted from a collecting event.

attribute

FieldNumber

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

GMLFeature

String

attribute

GMLFeature

comment

String

Geographic Markup Language(GML) description of the feature for representing complex shapes such as lines and polygons, per Open GIS Consortium (OGC) standards - http://www.opengis.net/gml/01-029/GML2.html.

attribute

GMLFeature

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

Genus

String

attribute

Genus

comment

String

The genus name of the organism

attribute

Genus

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

IdentifiedBy

String

attribute

IdentifiedBy

comment

String

The name(s) of the person(s) who applied the currently accepted Scientific Name to the Cataloged Item.

attribute

IdentifiedBy

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

IndividualCount

int

attribute

IndividualCount

comment

String

The number of individuals present in the lot or container. Not an estimate of abundance or density at the collecting locality.

attribute

IndividualCount

ioos_category

String

Other

attribute

IndividualCount

units

String

count

variable

InstitutionCode

String

attribute

InstitutionCode

comment

String

A 'standard' code identifier that identifies the institution to which the collection belongs. No global registry exists for assigning institutional codes. Use the code that is 'standard' in your discipline.

attribute

InstitutionCode

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

JulianDay

short

attribute

JulianDay

comment

String

The ordinal day of the year; i.e., the number of days since January 1 of the same year. (January 1 is Julian Day 1.)

attribute

JulianDay

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

Kingdom

String

attribute

Kingdom

comment

String

The kingdom to which the organism belongs

attribute

Kingdom

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

LifeStage

String

attribute

LifeStage

comment

String

Indicates the life stage present. Will require developing a controlled vocabulary. Can include multiple stages for a lot with multiple individuals.

attribute

LifeStage

ioos_category

String

Biology

variable

Locality

String

attribute

Locality

comment

String

The locality description (place name plus optionally a displacement from the place name) from which the specimen was collected. Where a displacement from a location is provided, it should be in un-projected units of measurement

attribute

Locality

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

MaximumDepth

double

attribute

MaximumDepth

comment

String

The maximum distance in meters below the surface of the water at which the collection was made; all material collected was at most this deep. Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g. collecting above sea level in tidal areas).

attribute

MaximumDepth

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

MaximumDepth

units

String

m

variable

MaximumElevation

double

attribute

MaximumElevation

comment

String

The maximum distance in meters above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality.

attribute

MaximumElevation

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

MaximumElevation

units

String

m

variable

MinimumElevation

double

attribute

MinimumElevation

comment

String

The minimum distance in meters above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality.

attribute

MinimumElevation

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

MinimumElevation

units

String

m

variable

MonthCollected

byte

attribute

MonthCollected

comment

String

The month of year the specimen was collected from the field. Possible values range from 01...12 inclusive

attribute

MonthCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

MonthIdentified

byte

attribute

MonthIdentified

comment

String

The month portion of the date when the Collection Item was identified; as two digits [01..12].

attribute

MonthIdentified

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

Notes

String

attribute

Notes

comment

String

Free text notes attached to the specimen record

attribute

Notes

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

ObservedIndividualCount

int

attribute

ObservedIndividualCount

comment

String

The number of individuals (abundance) found in a collection/record event.

attribute

ObservedIndividualCount

ioos_category

String

Other

attribute

ObservedIndividualCount

units

String

count

variable

ObservedWeight

double

attribute

ObservedWeight

comment

String

The total biomass found in a collection/record event. Expressed as kg.

attribute

ObservedWeight

ioos_category

String

Biology

attribute

ObservedWeight

units

String

kg

variable

Order

String

attribute

Order

comment

String

The order name of the organism

attribute

Order

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

Phylum

String

attribute

Phylum

comment

String

The phylum (or division) to which the organism belongs

attribute

Phylum

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

PreparationType

String

attribute

PreparationType

comment

String

The type of preparation (skin. slide, etc). Probably best to add this as a record element rather than access point. Should be a list of preparations for a single collection record.

attribute

PreparationType

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

PreviousCatalogNumber

String

attribute

PreviousCatalogNumber

comment

String

The previous (fully qualified) catalog number of the Cataloged Item if the item earlier identified by another Catalog Number, either in the current catalog or another Institution / catalog. A fully qualified Catalog Number is preceded by Institution Code and Collection Code, with a space separating the each subelement. Referencing a previous Catalog Number does not imply that a record for the referenced item is or is not present in the corresponding catalog, or even that the referenced catalog still exists. This access point is intended to provide a way to retrieve this record by previously used identifier, which may used in the literature. In future versions of this schema this attribute should be set-valued.

attribute

PreviousCatalogNumber

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

RecordURL

String

attribute

RecordURL

comment

String

Gives the web address of the page where more information on this particular record (not on the whole dataset) can be found.

attribute

RecordURL

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

RelatedCatalogItem

String

attribute

RelatedCatalogItem

comment

String

The fully qualified identifier of a related Catalog Item (a reference to another specimen); Institution Code, Collection Code, and Catalog Number of the related Cataloged Item, where a space separates the three subelements.

attribute

RelatedCatalogItem

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

RelationshipType

String

attribute

RelationshipType

comment

String

A named or coded valued that identifies the kind relationship between this Collection Item and the referenced Collection Item. Named values include: 'parasite of', 'epiphyte on', 'progeny of', etc. In future versions of this schema this attribute should be set-valued.

attribute

RelationshipType

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

SampleSize

String

attribute

SampleSize

comment

String

Sample_size: the size of the sample from which the collection/observation was drawn. It can be a volume (e.g. for a phytoplankton sample), a linear distance (e.g. for a visual transect or net haul), a surface area (e.g. for a benthic core), etc. This field must also include the units, e.g. 200 mfor a transect, or 0.25 m^2 for a benthic grab (use ^ to denote a superscript). Note that when multiple collections/observations are reported from the same physical sample, a code identifying the sample can be placed in the Field_Number field to allow all collections/observations from a single sample to be connected.

attribute

SampleSize

ioos_category

String

Other

variable

ScientificName

String

attribute

ScientificName

comment

String

The full name of lowest level taxon the Cataloged Item can be identified as a member of; includes genus name, specific epithet, and subspecific epithet (zool.) or infraspecific rank abbreviation, and infraspecific epithet (bot.) Use name of suprageneric taxon (e.g., family name) if Cataloged Item cannot be identified to genus, species, or infraspecific taxon.

attribute

ScientificName

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

ScientificNameAuthor

String

attribute

ScientificNameAuthor

comment

String

The author of a scientific name. Author string as applied to the accepted name. Can be more than one author (concatenated string). Should be formatted according to the conventions of the applicable taxonomic discipline.

attribute

ScientificNameAuthor

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

Sex

String

attribute

Sex

comment

String

The sex of a specimen. The domain should be a controlled set of terms (codes) based on community consensus. Proposed values: M=Male; F=Female; H=Hermaphrodite; I=Indeterminate (examined but could not be determined; U=Unkown (not examined); T=Transitional (between sexes; useful for sequential hermaphrodites)

attribute

Sex

ioos_category

String

Biology

variable

Source

String

attribute

Source

comment

String

Indicates who gave the record to the data provider. Can indicate a literature citation, an electronic dataset, etc. Is used to provide credit.

attribute

Source

ioos_category

String

Identifier

variable

Species

String

attribute

Species

comment

String

The specific epithet of the organism

attribute

Species

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

StartDayCollected

byte

attribute

StartDayCollected

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the start day of the collecting event. Possible value ranges from 01..31 inclusive

attribute

StartDayCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

StartJulianDay

short

attribute

StartJulianDay

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the start ordinal day of the year for the collecting event; i.e., the number of days since January 1 of the same year. (January 1 is Julian Day 1.). Should be an integer from one to 365, i.e. of the form (([0-3][0-9][0-9)|([0-9][0-9)|([1-9])).

attribute

StartJulianDay

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

StartLatitude

double

attribute

StartLatitude

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events better represented as line features rather than point features (e.g. extended trawls or transects) this indicates the starting latitude location from which the specimen was collected or in which the sample/observation/record event occurred. This value should be expressed in decimal degrees (East & North = +; West & South = -). GPS-derived data must use the WGS 84 geodetic reference system (http://www.wgs84.com/).

attribute

StartLatitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

StartLatitude

units

String

degrees_north

variable

StartLongitude

double

attribute

StartLongitude

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events better represented as line features rather than point features (e.g. extended trawls or transects) this indicates the starting longitude location from which the specimen was collected. Express in decimal degrees (East & North = +; West & South = -). GPS-derived data must use the WGS 84 geodetic reference system (http://www.wgs84.com/). [-180 to 180]

attribute

StartLongitude

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

StartLongitude

units

String

degrees_east

variable

StartMonthCollected

byte

attribute

StartMonthCollected

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the start month of the collecting event. Possible values range from 01...12 inclusive

attribute

StartMonthCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

StartTimeofDay

double

attribute

StartTimeofDay

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the start time of day of the collecting event expressed as decimal hours from midnight local time (e.g. 12.0 = mid day, 13.5 = 1:30pm)

attribute

StartTimeofDay

ioos_category

String

Time

attribute

StartTimeofDay

units

String

hours

variable

StartYearCollected

short

attribute

StartYearCollected

comment

String

For samples/observations/record events that were taken over time this gives the start year of the collecting event. The full year should be expressed (e.g. 1972 must be expressed as '1972' not '72'). Must always be a four digit integer

attribute

StartYearCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

Start_EndCoordinatePrecision

double

attribute

Start_EndCoordinatePrecision

comment

String

An estimate of how tightly the locality was specified in the Start/End Latitude and Longitude fields; expressed as a distance, in meters, that corresponds to a radius around the latitude-longitude coordinates. Use NULL where precision is unknown, cannot be estimated, or is not applicable.

attribute

Start_EndCoordinatePrecision

ioos_category

String

Location

attribute

Start_EndCoordinatePrecision

units

String

m

variable

StateProvince

String

attribute

StateProvince

comment

String

The state, province or region (i.e. next political region smaller than Country) from which the specimen was collected. There is some suggestion to use the values described in http://www.iso.ch/cate/d8349.html , ISO 3166-2, however these values are in a continual state of flux and it appears unlikely that an appropriate mechanism (by ISO) will be in place to manage these changes. Hence it is recommended that where possible, the full, unabbreviated name should be used for storing information. The server should optionally handle abbreviations as an access point. Note: this is a recurring theme (country and state) abbreviations. Check the existence of an attribute type to deal with abbreviations from the bib-1 profile

attribute

StateProvince

ioos_category

String

Location

variable

Subgenus

String

attribute

Subgenus

comment

String

The subgenus name of the organism

attribute

Subgenus

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

Subspecies

String

attribute

Subspecies

comment

String

The sub-specific epithet of the organism

attribute

Subspecies

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

Temperature

double

attribute

Temperature

comment

String

The temperature recorded with the collection/record event. Is assumed to be taken at the collection depth. Expressed in degrees Celsius.

attribute

Temperature

ioos_category

String

Temperature

attribute

Temperature

units

String

degree_C

variable

TimeOfDay

double

attribute

TimeOfDay

comment

String

The time of day a specimen was collected expressed as decimal hours from midnight local time (e.g. 12.0 = mid day, 13.5 = 1:30pm)

attribute

TimeOfDay

ioos_category

String

Time

attribute

TimeOfDay

units

String

hours

variable

TimeZone

String

attribute

TimeZone

comment

String

Indicates the time zone for the Time of Day measurements

attribute

TimeZone

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

TypeStatus

String

attribute

TypeStatus

comment

String

Indicates the kind of nomenclatural type that a specimen represents. (This is incomplete because type status actually describes the relationship between a name and a specimen [or ternary relatiohnship between a specimen, name, and publication].) In particular, the type status may not apply to the name listed in the scientific name, i.e., current identification. In rare cases, a single specimen may be the type of more than one name.

attribute

TypeStatus

ioos_category

String

Taxonomy

variable

YearCollected

short

attribute

YearCollected

comment

String

The year (expressed as an integer) in which the specimen was collected. The full year should be expressed (e.g. 1972 must be expressed as '1972' not '72'). Must always be a four digit integer [-9999..9999]

attribute

YearCollected

ioos_category

String

Time

variable

YearIdentified

short

attribute

YearIdentified

comment

String

The year portion of the date when the Collection Item was identified; as four digits [-9999..9999], e.g., 1906, 2002.